PSY290H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropharmacology
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Biopsychology is the scientific study of the biology of behaviour. Biopsychology denotes a biological approach to the study of psychology rather than a psychological approach to the study of biology. **remember psychology is the scientific study of behaviour** Biopsychology did not develop into a major neuroscientific discipline until the 20th c. The publication of the organization of behaviour in 1949 by d. o. Hebb played a key role in its emergence as a discipline. Hebb developed the first comprehensive theory of how complex psychological phenomena, such as perceptions, emotions, thoughts and memories, might be produced by brain activity. His theory did much to discredit the view that psychological functioning is too complex to have its roots in the physiology and chemistry of the brain. Based his theory on experiments, clinical case studies and on logical arguments developed from his own observations. Biopsychology can be further defined by its relation to other neuroscientific disciplines.
